Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



J. H. OSTRANDER.

' NOSE GUARDIOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION IILED MAB. 1-1, 1908.

1,628,??3, Patented June 4, 1912.

sufficient to sustain the weight of the eye v in sans NOSE-GUARD FO R EYEGLASSES.

1 Application filed March 11, 1908. Serial No. 420,364.

T b all who-m it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES H. Os'rimxnnn,

, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful I1nprove.

ments in Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of nose guards for eye glasses set forth in niy patents for nose guard or clip for eye glasses, Number 906,154, issued DecemberVS, 1908; nose guards for eye glasses, Number 913,154, issued Feb. 23, 1.909; nose clips or guards for eye glasses, Number 918,647, issued Feb. 23, 1909; nose guards for eye glasses, Number 932,491, issued Aug. 31,

1909, in which advantage is taken of the resiliency of comparatively thin metallic plates and bars as the case may be, variously. disposed relatively to the post if such be used, that the tension and frictional engagement thereof upon thenose may best hold the eye glasses in place. In such glasses ordinarily the longitudinal horizontal axis passing through the center of gravity lies more or less beyond or outwardly from the point of support and consequently there is a constant tendency for the glasses to tip forward and outward, thus displacing the same.

- To obviate these difliculties and to afford such a positive support for the glasses asto hold the same as securely in place as though bows are used, is the object of this and of my said former inventions. To accomplish the said resultsuch resiliency of the guard is necessary as to permit of its adapting itself readily to the conformation of the 'nose and to insure a broad bearing with practically uniform pressure at all parts of the guard, said pressure of' necessity belng glasses through the surface friction and tensionandthe gripping effect of the guard on the nose. It is also, of course, important to carry the supporting grip of the'guard upwardly and outwardly, if possible, to near the longitudinal horizontal axis passing through the center of gravity, especially for the use of those having a deep nose, to provide an outward bend extending below Specification of Letters Patent.

' which attached to grip.

Patented J une 4, 1912.

and beyond the said axis and tending to brace"the glasses on the nose and also to afford a bracing or staying effect, both above and rearwardly and belowand.rearwardlyi,v

The invention embraces the novel features.

hereinafter described and pointed :out and a defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l isa view some what in perspective of a pair of eye glasses.

equipped with guards embodying ,mylin}, ventlon. Fig. 2 1s a similar vlewrlllustrab ing a slightly modified guard. Fig. 3fji'sya slightly enlarged face-view of a, guard Qil lustrated in Fig. 1. thereof lllustrating one convenient way of, bending and shaplng.

Fig. ,4 is anedge, view,

, 7 Fig.5, is a face view of a guard illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig}, efisfljj an edge view illustrating shaping theguar d' to conform to the nose. I v As shown in the drawmgs: the guard A, shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, comprises a thin plate of resilient metal convenientlyygold, which may be stamped or cut in any conven-.

ient suitable manner to increase'resiliency and gripping effect and affording an ape'rtfured"v 'attachlng end a, adapted to be engaged between the flanges of the post, if a postgbe i used. Said guard when stamped comprises a narrow, resilient strip ofmetal Wh1ChB$- taching end a, and rearwardly providing a bend a, and then forwardly beyond the attends downwardly from the apertured {it-1 taching end, forming a bend a and thence again rearwardly andupwardly to apoint higher than the attaching end and forming a bend or loop.a thence downwardly'a'nd forwardly below the attaching end bends or loops a'a forming a lower bendf a 'From this point the strip tapersflrearwardly and inclines slightly upwardly,'f a s' shown, to the extremity of.

- The guard is attached to'the eyeglasses conveniently as illustratedin Fig. 1, with'- the free end thereof directed upwardly rearwardly, The bends,aar. i eauy'wim crease the resiliency and assist in-conform;

ing or adjusting the'guard tofit the-n Se inasmuch as the guard at any of said bends i' or loops maybe slightly'bent or formed as- 1.051

illustrated in Fig. 4 or'6 to not only obtain a flat frictional pressure on the skin but asf well to set one or more' of the ed es" or bends slightly obliquely with the sur ace to afford a more positive In the construction illustrated in Figs. 2, 5, and 6, the attaching ends Z) are directed asbefore described, but a bend corresponding with the bend a, is omitted and the guard extends downwardly and forwardly from the attaching end to afford an obliquely forwardly and downwardly directed loop 6 Thence the guard is directed upwardly and rearwardly to afiord a bend b forwardly and upwardly to a point higher than the attaching end of the guard affording a bend or loop 6 Thence the guard extends rearwardly and downwardly and then forwardly in a broad sweep to the lower bend 6 from whence the. tail of the guard 6 extends rearwardly and upwardly. This constructlon is substantially identical with the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, with the exception that the portion above the bend b may be bentor sprung to afford either a forward or a rear edge grip. The top thereof may be folded over slightly or the guard as a whole may be curved to form an are having any radius as illustrated in Fig. 6, or sprung into a great variety of positions, depending upon the surface to which the guard is to be adjusted. In both said constructions an almost infinite variety of ef fects may be secured by slight variations in the surface contours of the guard and by inclining the edges or bending or slightly twisting the loops or bends. In this way the optician may shape the guard to afford the maximum gripping effect at approximately the bend a with yielding pressure at a and yielding but positive pressure at the tail a Any desired variation in the application of pressure by shaping the guard can be secured and in consequence the guard can be adapted to any shape of nose and holding effect of the guard can always be depended on. Of course, the bend a engaging forwardly at the attaching ends serves at all times toipositively support the center of gravity, while the rearwardly' directed upper bends and the tail of the guard serve .as rearwardly and upwardly and as downlow the attaching end curving edgewise to theinner edge of and beyond the attaching end, then bending edgewise beneath the other bend or fold-to the outer side of and beyond the attaching end, said strip then bending or folding edgewise inwardly and upwardly to a point above the attaching end thence curved inwardly edgewise and downward lengthwise of the upward fold, and substantially parallel with and in close proximity thereto and outwardly beyond the attaching end to correspond with the second bend or fold, the extremity of the strip then curved edgewise inwardly and upwardly parallel to the last named downwardly curved part and the guard 'sprung'or bent to throw the edges of some of the parts thereof out of a common. plane.

2. A device of the class described embracing a thin flat resilient strip of metal having an upwardly directed attaching end, a portion of said strip curving edgewise to the outer edge of and beyond the attaching .end, said strip then bending or folding edgewise inwardly and upwardly to a point 3. A nose guard embracing a continuous contacting strip affording a plurality of folds, some. of said. folds normally projecting forwardly beneath and beyond a point of attachment of said strip, other of said folds projecting normally rearwar dly of said point of attachment and Qtogether therewith affording a support on either side of the point of attachment.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. OSTRANDER. Witnesses:

K. E. HANNAH, C. W. HILLS, 

